A little blog that gives you an interesting fact every day. So you really will learn something new every day.
Tuesday 28 December 2010
Note Of Absence
Through 29th Dec 2010-2nd Jan 2011 I will be on holiday in Scotland, I will try to update daily however I apologize in advance if there are days without a new interesting fact. Thank you for your cooperation.
Monday 27 December 2010
Fact No.66
Lasers could eventually be used to create all the worlds electricity needs through the process of nuclear fusion.
Sunday 26 December 2010
Saturday 25 December 2010
Fact No.64
Christmas is not a christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, it is a pagan celebation.
Friday 24 December 2010
Fact No.63
A definition of a white Christmas is when a single snowflake falls during the 24 hours of 25 December. The last official white Christmas was in 2004.
Thursday 23 December 2010
Fact No.62
If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
Wednesday 22 December 2010
Fact No.61
In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who in a town could fart the loudest and longest. Winners were awarded many prizes and received great recognition.
Tuesday 21 December 2010
Monday 20 December 2010
Sunday 19 December 2010
Saturday 18 December 2010
Friday 17 December 2010
Thursday 16 December 2010
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Monday 13 December 2010
Fact No.52
Valentine’s Day originates from the ancient Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia, which was celebrated on 15 February in honor of the gods Lupercus and Faunus, as well as the legendary founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. During the festival, young men would draw the names of women from a box, and each couple would be paired until next year’s celebration. Often they would fall in love and marry.
Sunday 12 December 2010
Saturday 11 December 2010
Friday 10 December 2010
Thursday 9 December 2010
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Tuesday 7 December 2010
Monday 6 December 2010
Sunday 5 December 2010
Saturday 4 December 2010
Friday 3 December 2010
Thursday 2 December 2010
Wednesday 1 December 2010
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Monday 29 November 2010
Fact No.38
If you stood on Jupiter you would feel the equivalent weight of 6 of you sitting on top of your head.
Sunday 28 November 2010
Saturday 27 November 2010
Friday 26 November 2010
Thursday 25 November 2010
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Monday 22 November 2010
Sunday 21 November 2010
Fact No.30
On average there are only 185 plane crashes each year, compared to the billions of flights each year.
Saturday 20 November 2010
Fact No.29
Children laugh about 400 times a day, whilst adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
Friday 19 November 2010
Fact No.28
If the universe is infinitely big, then there are an infinite amount of chances for every outcome. Or if the universe is infinitely big then everything that could happen does happen (somewhere).
Thursday 18 November 2010
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Tuesday 16 November 2010
Monday 15 November 2010
Sunday 14 November 2010
Saturday 13 November 2010
Friday 12 November 2010
Thursday 11 November 2010
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Fact No.18
Your heart beats 101,000 times a day. During your lifetime it will beat about 3 billion times and pump about 378 million litres of blood. A normal heart beats 70 to 80 times a minute.
Monday 8 November 2010
Sunday 7 November 2010
Saturday 6 November 2010
Friday 5 November 2010
Thursday 4 November 2010
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Monday 1 November 2010
Saturday 30 October 2010
Friday 29 October 2010
Thursday 28 October 2010
Wednesday 27 October 2010
Fact No.6
The shortest distance between two points on a spherical surface is not always a straight line.
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Monday 25 October 2010
Sunday 24 October 2010
Saturday 23 October 2010
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